aleluia
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).
Interjection edit
aleluia
- (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)
Noun edit
aleluia inan
- (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a liturgical song to praise God)
Declension edit
Declension of aleluia (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | aleluia | aleluia | aleluiak |
ergative | aleluiak | aleluiak | aleluiek |
dative | aleluiari | aleluiari | aleluiei |
genitive | aleluiaren | aleluiaren | aleluien |
comitative | aleluiarekin | aleluiarekin | aleluiekin |
causative | aleluiarengatik | aleluiarengatik | aleluiengatik |
benefactive | aleluiarentzat | aleluiarentzat | aleluientzat |
instrumental | aleluiaz | aleluiaz | aleluiez |
inessive | aleluiatan | aleluian | aleluietan |
locative | aleluiatako | aleluiako | aleluietako |
allative | aleluiatara | aleluiara | aleluietara |
terminative | aleluiataraino | aleluiaraino | aleluietaraino |
directive | aleluiatarantz | aleluiarantz | aleluietarantz |
destinative | aleluiatarako | aleluiarako | aleluietarako |
ablative | aleluiatatik | aleluiatik | aleluietatik |
partitive | aleluiarik | — | — |
prolative | aleluiatzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
aleluia!
- (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)
- (informal) finally! at last! about time (expresses that something took too long to occur)
Noun edit
aleluia f (plural aleluias)
- (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)
- (Roman Catholicism) the part of the mass during which verses of praise to God are read
- wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, a white-flowered woodland plant)
- Synonyms: acetosela, azedinha, trevo-azedo
- Senna multijuga, an ornamental tree of Brazil
- alate (winged form of an insect, especially of a termite)
Noun edit
aleluia m (plural aleluias)
- hallelujah (an exclamation of hallelujah)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic алелоуиꙗ (aleluija), from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούια (allēloúia), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).
Interjection edit
aleluia